diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/function.go b/pkg/fission-cli/function.go
index 2b756a7c..3ab18d3e 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/function.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/function.go
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ func fnLogs(c *cli.Context) error {
 		Namespace: fnNamespace,
 	}
 
+	logReverseQuery := !c.Bool("f") && c.Bool("r")
+
 	recordLimit := c.Int("recordcount")
 	if recordLimit <= 0 {
 		recordLimit = 1000
@@ -758,6 +760,7 @@ func fnLogs(c *cli.Context) error {
 					Function:    f.Metadata.Name,
 					FuncUid:     string(f.Metadata.UID),
 					Since:       t,
+					Reverse:     logReverseQuery,
 					RecordLimit: recordLimit,
 				}
 				logEntries, err := logDB.GetLogs(logFilter)
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/influxdb.go b/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/influxdb.go
index 591dc282..ca7ee56f 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/influxdb.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -66,13 +65,18 @@ func (influx InfluxDB) GetLogs(filter LogFilter) ([]LogEntry, error) {
 	parameters["time"] = timestamp
 	//the parameters above are only for the where clause and do not work with LIMIT
 
+	orderCondition := " order by \"time\" asc"
+	if filter.Reverse {
+		orderCondition = " order by \"time\" desc"
+	}
+
 	if filter.Pod != "" {
 		// wait for bug fix for fluent-bit influxdb plugin
-		queryCmd = "select * from /^log*/ where (\"funcuid\" = $funcuid OR \"kubernetes_labels_functionUid\" = $funcuid) AND \"pod\" = $pod AND \"time\" > $time LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
+		queryCmd = "select * from /^log*/ where (\"funcuid\" = $funcuid OR \"kubernetes_labels_functionUid\" = $funcuid) AND \"pod\" = $pod AND \"time\" > $time " + orderCondition + " LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
 		parameters["pod"] = filter.Pod
 	} else {
 		// wait for bug fix for fluent-bit influxdb plugin
-		queryCmd = "select * from /^log*/ where (\"funcuid\" = $funcuid  OR \"kubernetes_labels_functionUid\" = $funcuid) AND \"time\" > $time LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
+		queryCmd = "select * from /^log*/ where (\"funcuid\" = $funcuid  OR \"kubernetes_labels_functionUid\" = $funcuid) AND \"time\" > $time " + orderCondition + " LIMIT " + strconv.Itoa(filter.RecordLimit)
 	}
 
 	query := influxdbClient.NewQueryWithParameters(queryCmd, INFLUXDB_DATABASE, "", parameters)
@@ -125,16 +129,7 @@ func (influx InfluxDB) GetLogs(filter LogFilter) ([]LogEntry, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Slice(logEntries, func(i, j int) bool {
 
-		if logEntries[i].Timestamp.Before(logEntries[j].Timestamp) {
-			return true
-		}
-		if logEntries[j].Timestamp.Before(logEntries[i].Timestamp) {
-			return false
-		}
-		return logEntries[i].Sequence < logEntries[j].Sequence
-	})
 	return logEntries, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/logdb.go b/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/logdb.go
index e5ff6ff9..41d61a51 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/logdb.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/logdb/logdb.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type LogFilter struct {
 	Function    string
 	FuncUid     string
 	Since       time.Time
+	Reverse     bool
 	RecordLimit int
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/main.go b/pkg/fission-cli/main.go
index 0dd83c0f..1aafd334 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/main.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/main.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func NewCliApp() *cli.App {
 	fnBuildCmdFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "buildcmd", Usage: "build command for builder to run with"}
 	fnSecretFlag := cli.StringSliceFlag{Name: "secret", Usage: "function access to secret, should be present in the same namespace as the function. You can provide multiple secrets using multiple --secrets flags."}
 	fnCfgMapFlag := cli.StringSliceFlag{Name: "configmap", Usage: "function access to configmap, should be present in the same namespace as the function. You can provide multiple configmaps using multiple --configmap flags."}
+	fnLogReverseQueryFlag := cli.BoolFlag{Name: "reverse, r", Usage: "specify the log reverse query base on time, it will be invalid if the 'follow' flag is specified"}
 	fnLogCountFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "recordcount", Usage: "the n most recent log records"}
 	fnForceFlag := cli.BoolFlag{Name: "force", Usage: "Force update a package even if it is used by one or more functions"}
 	fnExecutorTypeFlag := cli.StringFlag{Name: "executortype", Value: types.ExecutorTypePoolmgr, Usage: "Executor type for execution; one of 'poolmgr', 'newdeploy' defaults to 'poolmgr'"}
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func NewCliApp() *cli.App {
 		// TODO : for fnList, i feel like it's nice to allow --fns all, to list functions across all namespaces for cluster admins, although, this is against ns isolation.
 		// so, in the future, if we end up using kubeconfig in fission cli and enforcing rolebindings to be created for users by admins etc, we can add this option at the time.
 		{Name: "list", Usage: "List all functions in a namespace if specified, else, list functions across all namespaces", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNamespaceFlag}, Action: fnList},
-		{Name: "logs", Usage: "Display function logs", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnNamespaceFlag, fnPodFlag, fnFollowFlag, fnDetailFlag, fnLogDBTypeFlag, fnLogCountFlag}, Action: fnLogs},
+		{Name: "logs", Usage: "Display function logs", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnNamespaceFlag, fnPodFlag, fnFollowFlag, fnDetailFlag, fnLogDBTypeFlag, fnLogReverseQueryFlag, fnLogCountFlag}, Action: fnLogs},
 		{Name: "test", Usage: "Test a function", Flags: []cli.Flag{fnNameFlag, fnNamespaceFlag, fnEnvNameFlag,
 			fnCodeFlag, fnSrcArchiveFlag, htMethodFlag, fnBodyFlag, fnHeaderFlag, fnQueryFlag, fnTimeoutFlag},
 			Action: fnTest},